European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Operation desert shield pages 2, 3, 13, 14 and 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 165 wednesday september 26, 1990 a a 25t daily and sunday d 8693 air embargo plan advances soviet envoy says War possible at any moment by the associated press leaders at the United nations who joined in condemning Iraq at the opening of the general Assembly were putting the final touches tuesday on a plan to Cut iraqis International air links. President Bush planned to meet in Washington with an important ally in his Effort to isolate Iraq and then address the International monetary fund about sharing the Cost of the Gulf deployment. At the United nations soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said War could break out in the Gulf at any moment and called iraqis invasion of Kuwait an a act of  in a tuesday address to the general Assembly Shevardnadze referred to aug. 2, the Date of the invasion As a Black  a Iraq flagrantly violated the United nations charter the principles of International Law the universally recognized norms of morality and the standards of civilized behaviour a he said. The soviet foreign minister hinted at the possibility of a . Military operation in the Gulf noting that a the United nations has the Power to suppress a acts of  Quot a War May break out in the Gulf Region any Day any moment a he said. A an act of terrorism has been perpetrated against the emerging new world  until the invasion the soviet Union was iraqis strongest ally. But the soviets have firmly sided with the .-led Effort to isolate Iraq. The United states and other nations have sent thousands of soldiers to the Middle East. In Washington world Bank president Barber Conable outlined emergency plans to help resettle hundreds of thousands of see embargo on Back Page gunman Douglas Girard was photographed inside the Mcdonald a in la Verne Calif., before his arrest tuesday for attempted robbery and  free hostages held by gunman in Mcdonald s la Verne Calif. Apr sheriffs deputies lobbed a Flash bang grenades into a Mcdonald a to divert a. Gunman and stormed the restaurant Early tuesday rescuing the last of 20 people held hostage up to seven hours authorities said. None of the hostages was injured authorities said. The suspect Douglas Girard of san Jacinto Calif., was taken into custody. The los Angeles county sheriffs swat team which never made Contact with the gunman got help from an 18-year-old assistant manager of the restau rant who hid in the Kitchen. Ramiro Mironas spied on the gunman reporting his movements by Telephone throughout the standoff authorities said. A fall i know was to take care of my people my Crew a Mironas said. A a in a glad in a Safe and that All my people Are Safe. In a not a hero. I just did what i had  some hostages including a 3-year-old girl and an 85-year-old woman had been forced to lie on the floor see gunman on Back Page Laid off workers stuck with costs related to housing by Gary Pomeroy and Chuck Vinch staff writers americans who lose jobs in the impending troop cuts overseas wont be reimbursed for Money lost by having to sell a House or Settle an unexpired lease the . Comptroller general has ruled. The ruling is based on a 1966 Law that allows such payments for workers Only if the old and new duty stations Are within the United states and its possessions including puerto Rico and Panama. But 24 years after the Law was passed no one on Capitol Hill can explain Why lawmakers limited the reimbursements in that fashion. The overseas limit is causing plenty of anxiety at the army corps of engineers european division where 300 civilian workers Are expected to get the a in a reduction in Force spurred by the troop cuts. The division is giving workers 90 Days notice of their dismissal but that s too Short for Many to meet the lengthy notice times required by european lease Laws. A i wanted to find a Way to pay the corps of engineers employees a said Barney Putnam jr., a senior attorney with the . Comptroller general in Washington. A but we have to go by the statute and the statute is pretty  the comptroller general has repeatedly turned Down claims for reimbursement of rental costs in conjunction with official moves based on the Law. See related Story Page 28. A a we re hogtied by that Law a Putnam said. A i searched High and Low for a Way around  Terry Trowbridge the Deputy counsel for the Engineer division believes the Only Way around the overseas limitation is to alter the 1966 Law. To that end he has written a draft amendment retroactive to july 1,1990. But getting it attached to the existing Law May take a while. The corps a a a posed amendment Lori nation Bill but of engineers is trying to get the proposed amendment included in an upcoming defense Autna that will have to wait until fiscal 1992. A we got into the train of events too late for this years Congress a Trowbridge said. Trowbridge a proposed amendment which is aimed at protecting both civilians and service members would be Only the second change to the original Law since it was created. In 1987, Congress approved a limited exception after seven years of inter Agency wrangling and bureaucratic see housing on Back Page s Dow